Books
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His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.
“The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent…
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She Wrote ‘The History of White People.’ She Has a Lot More to Say.
“I Just Keep Talking,” a collection of essays and artwork by the historian Nell Irvin Painter, captures her wide-ranging interests…
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2 Books Go Behind Bars With Palestinians
MY BROTHER, MY LAND: A Story From Palestine, by Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha THE TALE OF A WALL: Reflections…
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Alien Terrors, Vampire Conspiracies and More in 4 New Horror Books
Our columnist reviews this month’s latest scary releases.
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The Best Romance Books of the Year So Far
Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2023’s sexiest, swooniest reads.
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Maybe Erik Larson Should Have Left the Civil War Alone
THE DEMON OF UNREST: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, by Erik…
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17 New Books Coming in May
Chop Fry Watch Learn, by Michelle T. King Once called “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking,” Fu Pei-Mei taught generations…
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When Your Mom Is Famous for Hating Motherhood
In Heidi Reimer’s debut novel, “The Mother Act,” a daughter grapples with being parented (or not) by an actress who…
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Inside MAGA’s Plan to Take Over America
“Finish What We Started,” by the journalist Isaac Arnsdorf, reports from the front lines of the right-wing movement’s strategy to…
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These Books Might Make You Happier
Three new arrivals help readers make sense of our mental health crisis. They also offer solidarity.